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‘Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy’: She’s Back and Sadder Than Ever

By Grace Ko, Guide Deputy Editor February 27, 2025

No “must-watch rom-coms” list is complete without the undeniably iconic “Bridget Jones’ Diary.” Its celebrated status spawned two follow-up films, released in 2004 and 2016, which, while...

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‘Nosferatu’: Why You Should Listen To Your Wife And Not Travel for Business

By Mauro Mazzariello, Hoya Staff Writer December 4, 2024

The story of Count Dracula has been told countless times on the silver screen: a young Jonathan Harker unwittingly becomes enveloped in the schemes of a bloodthirsty vampire and races to save his wife...

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‘Gladiator II’ Has Neither Strength Nor Honor

By James Pocchia, Contributing Editor December 4, 2024

Spoiler alert: spoilers ahead for “Gladiator” and “Gladiator II.”  I distinctly remember the first time I experienced “Gladiator.” It was the first movie I ever watched in which the...

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Why to See ‘Y2K,’ A Nostalgic Ride With a Gory Twist

By Tanvi Gorripati, Deputy Guide Editor December 4, 2024

In his directorial debut, Kyle Mooney successfully creates a nostalgic teenage comedy yet fails to combine the gruesome slasher film elements that “Y2K” seems to aim for. The premise of the movie...

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The Wonderful World of ‘Wicked’ Culminates in a Masterful Live Action Adaptation

By Caroline Woodward, Deputy Guide Editor November 20, 2024

There is a lot of pressure on the cinematic adaptation of “Wicked.” The original “Wicked” is an utterly iconic musical. The production, based on Gregory Maguire’s novel reimagining L....

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Friendship, Fantasy Take Flight in the Bleak World of ‘Bird’

By Isabelle Cialone, Hoya Staff Writer November 20, 2024

If you had an imaginary friend growing up, you likely remember either wishing they were real or truly believing they were. This childhood fantasy meets a grim reality in “Bird,” a coming-of-age...

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‘A Real Pain’: A Humorously Heartbreaking Exploration of Grief, Family

By Grace Ko, Hoya Staff Writer November 20, 2024

Sarcastic, cynical and an absolute gut punch to the heart, “A Real Pain” left me devastated as I walked out of the theater. With its deceptively simple narrative, Jesse Eisenberg delivers a unique...

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‘Heretic’: A Claustrophobic Questioning of Religious Conviction

By Isabelle Cialone, Hoya Staff Writer November 13, 2024

Georgetown University students should be familiar with “The Problem of God” as a concept, but if your THEO-1000 class didn’t quite quench your ontological questioning, don’t fret! “Heretic”...

On Pessimism: ‘True Detective’ and ‘Taste of Cherry’

By Luke McMahan, Hoya Columnist November 8, 2024

Produced in two countries halfway across the world from each other and 15 years apart, one film and one limited series offer some of the most compelling discussions of pessimism and despair ever produced. “At...

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‘Megalopolis’: Maximalist Mess or Magnificent Masterpiece?

By Isabelle Cialone, Special to the Hoya October 2, 2024

Imagine the most insane and nonsensical fever dream you have ever had — whatever it is, it pales in comparison to what this psychedelic trip of a movie has in store for you.  Francis Ford Coppola’s...

‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice:’ The Decline of Tim Burton

‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice:’ The Decline of Tim Burton

By Elizabethe Bogrette, Senior Guide Editor September 14, 2024

“Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Be-” Let me stop you right there. Growing up in the early aughts conjures a variety of nostalgic memories. From Disney DVDs to the multicolored scooters in gym class,...

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‘Dìdi’: A Nostalgic Y2K Trip Into the Messy, Joyful Years of Adolescence

By Grace Ko, Hoya Staff Writer September 4, 2024

Growing up is a painful, joyful mess. From a simple snapshot of a single summer, director and writer Sean Wang details the experience of those inevitable growing pains in “Dìdi”, a vibrant, warm...

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